mcconnell, john boehner and nancy pelosi. so the president is starting to engage with congress members. perhaps it's a now wait and see kind of situation to be continued. but, you know, erin, just to give you a sense of how really locked in this white house is to its position right now that it's not going to look at anything that delays or defunds obamacare, the president met with his cabinet, said they need to start preparing for a government shutdown, start looking at things they can do to prepare for a government shutdown, and you heard the president earlier this afternoon say that obamacare is here to stay. but outside of this government shut down and outside of this debt default, he started to place the blame squarely on the shoulders of republican for people being hurt. he talked about women, children, veterans, senior citizens. and listen to what the president told npr earlier this evening about the prospect of a government shut down. i'm going to read it to you. he said to npr, i shouldn't have to offer anything. he s